Casey Dierking

Have you ever found yourself wishing you had that little something extra for your designs? A subtle pattern to put in the background perhaps? If you have ever searched for any type of pattern for your designs, you’ve probably come across the Subtle Patterns library.
Subtle Patterns is a highly curated web project created by Atle Mo. The patterns are beautiful and so easy to use. There is a cost for the plugin, but if you prefer not to drop any cash on this, you can use the web version free of ... Read More

GuideGuide is one of those plugins that I imagine birthed out of necessity. I think Photoshop should have this built in, but GuideGuide does an amazing job of solving the issue of designing with a Grid.
What is GuideGuide?
As per the website, "GuideGuide makes dealing with guides in Photoshop painless." ... Read More

Picture this.
You are happily working at your desk when someone higher-up pops into your office and asks you to throw a design together and they need it done that afternoon for some reason or another. Being the pro you are, you open up Illustrator and start whipping up some sweet designs. After working for a couple hours, almost to the point of completion, the unexpected happens.
Your computer dies. Illustrator crashes. Something happens out of your control. You feel that surge of anxiety ... Read More

There are a lot of challenges and risks you can encounter when setting out to build a church website.
What should your domain name be?
Where should you host it?
CMS or static site?
It can be a little bit overwhelming.
When I set out to build my church's website, I encountered these same things. The biggest decision we made, however, was deciding whether or not to get a template and built it on an existing platform or to custom build our own solution. ... Read More

For the past few weeks, I've been doing all the research I can on graphic tablets. Now, graphic tablets are different than the tablets you are probably used to. It is no iPad or Nexus 7. Its specifically built to replace the mouse and be used as an input for your computer. I thought to myself, I am a graphic designer, and a graphic designer should use a tablet, right? Well, the answer to that is sometimes. It certainly isn't for everyone, but for those who will push through the learning curve, ... Read More

Calling all church web developers!
Do you find yourself doing research on how other church sites are built and want an easy way to see what technologies went into it?
I find myself constantly poking around in the console to find out about various technologies that go into different websites. Often times, I find this a pain, because I just want to see what they used to built it.
Well, I have found a solution! ... Read More

Atom is the newest text editor on the block.
For the past few months, it has been in an invite only beta. As of writing this, Github has released their new project as open source under the MIT license. Atom has stolen my heart as my favorite editor.
Here are some reasons why you might want to give it a shot. ... Read More

Set your hardbacks and tablets down for a moment. I know what you are thinking.
"Is he really going down this road?"
The answer is yes. Yes I am.
The past few weeks, I've been struggling on deciding which platform I wanted to buy into. I've recently just gotten back into reading and have been enjoying it immensely. Yeah, knowledge! However, I feel like I've come face to face with the ultimate question.
Paper books vs ebooks — which do you prefer? ... Read More

It is so easy to forget why we do what we do. It is so easy to focus too much on tech and not enough on Jesus. These are pitfalls that we don’t ever want to fall into. They can be dangerous to ourselves and to our ministry. I have to constantly remind myself and refocus my thinking on the One who matters the most. After all, He is the reason that we all do this in the first place.
What is the first thing you do in the morning after waking up?
And no, I don’t mean hitting the snooze button. ... Read More

I like to write. But sometimes when I sit down at my keyboard, my mind just draws a blank.
I become immediately discouraged. I start to doubt myself, and it throws me into a funk. There are other times though that the words flow beautifully down the page.
I often find myself in the position of having to write copy for various church websites or for newsletters. Most of the time, when I sit down to write for these specific outlets, I find it difficult to even start.
Do you experience this? ... Read More